I'm constantly astounded by the quality of the painters on this board. That's a great job there @Malicht , such amazing and consistant blending over the whole model. Colour me impressed, I want you to do it so the blending is right

So I have actually painted quite a lot of things for my undead, but I have been teaching myself how to paint quickly (for work), in order to get armies done faster. Whilst it means the army gets done quicker, the results aren't really photograph worthy.

So I decided with the Mortis Engine I would try and hit a happy medium. I want to get this done fast (I have a Fire Raptor gunship sat here begging to be built) but at a semi decent level!

It sucks to be hurried like that, imagining that successfully discouraged me from seeking that kind of career Still, good for you - a big output is a great thing, no matter in what quality

The ghosts look really interesting. I'm curious how it'll look when completed, without painting metal parts on the swarm like metal - I always thought that it needs to be done to break this large amount of etheral color. Still, I'm sure you'll manage very well

Also, what do you do actually when painting fast? Base color and a wash? This plus a simple highlight?

It sucks to be hurried like that, imagining that successfully discouraged me from seeking that kind of career Still, good for you - a big output is a great thing, no matter in what quality

The ghosts look really interesting. I'm curious how it'll look when completed, without painting metal parts on the swarm like metal - I always thought that it needs to be done to break this large amount of etheral color. Still, I'm sure you'll manage very well

Also, what do you do actually when painting fast? Base color and a wash? This plus a simple highlight?

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That's basically it yeah. It doesn't look great, but it's table top worthy and no one cares when its all at a distance!

Regarding the Mortis Engine, if the swarm looks bad when the whole thing is done I may do the odd thing in silver to break it up a little. The good thing about this is I can see how it looks when it is all together and decide from there. I can always go back to it later on down the line too!

I'm still steaming ahead with this. It's looking okayish. Still trying to strike a decent balance between quality and speed. So the bone looks a little ropey, but if I can do a semi decent job on the necromancer then hopefully it will make up for it!

The lattice of bones in that cage look terrific! I also think I'll try to copy your way of painting bones, full of contrast

Also looking forward to your infantry it's a chore to paint, but a nice big unit can be as cool as a single big model. Especially when painted as well as yours. Maybe this speedpainting training will make it more bearable

@Malicht I really dig your painting, top stuff all round. Looking at your ethereals on those brown bases is making me rethink my idea for ethereals. I'll definitely be playing about with your scheme in the future.

While on the banshee one can see she was made quicker than others, the rest of them are great! Spirit hosts have this nice cold and dry feel to them

But those hexwraiths, damn those are nice! Making them so dark isn't very typical and you made it great! I like the contrasts - also thanks to decision to paint the metal gold - this along with dark blue is almost singing, so well they fit together

@Farmer7574 But when you're getting paid to paint your army, you get deadlines, directions and it stops being a fun hobby - at least this is how I always seen it